St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-13
THEY REPUOs rE GEORGE.
Prominent Erisn catholics Who Re-
fused TO Meet aiim Socially.


tused TO Meet Him Socially.
New YORK, Jan. 12.-When the COM
mittee of Americans of this city de-
cided to give dinner to DR.. James E.
Kelly. the prominent physician OF Dublin,
they invited Eugene Kelly, the banker; P.
NJ Hayerty, Henry George and great
many others. The dinner was given Mon
day evening, but Eugene Kelly and Mr..
Haverty were not present. They had pre-
yiously informed the committee that they
could not attend because Henry George was
among the guests. Eugene Kelly was seen
yesterday at his banking house in Exchange
Place, and asked why he refused to be
present.
Some time agoI accepted an invitation to
dine with NJ. Kelly, a most admra bic man
and very eminent physician, and Saturday
last saw in some paper that Henry George
was to be present, and that was to sit al his
right hand and that Maj. Haverty was to sit
at his left and as soon as saw that l wrote
a letter declining to be present. l regard
Mr.. George as a very dangerous man in a
community like this. He is endeavoring TO
establish Il new party, and by special plead
ings, by pretending to be the friend of the
poor he has induced good men from tue Re-
publican party-a few of them-to join him,
and the rest of his following is made up of
tramps, anarchists, socialists and what not
He attacks the Catholics and endeavors to
show that they are not the friends of the
poor, while in the next breath he asserts him
self as the friend of the Catholics. The
whole genius of the Catholic religion is
sympathy and aid for the poor. Its priests
give up everything that they may minister
TO the suffering in every shape; its
sisters ofS charity have no other
mission than to aid the poor and suGe T.
Ing, and knowing this felt that l could not
conScientiously sit at the same board
gage in any work in which this man had
place. In a country like this l regard the
doctrines OF George as most pernicous. He
speaks of the attitude of the Catholic church
on the land question in Ireland, out the con Ii
tons there are very different from wLat they
are in this country. do not care to discuss
that QUESTION further than to say that the
English law recognizes the principle that those
born On the land have right to a living from
it, but the landlords ignore that principle and
exact from the tlller of the soil his whole SUBJ
stance. Here there is land and livelihood
for all who are willing to work felt that if
Joined Mr.. George at this dinner the i'm
preston might 60 abroad that l Sympathized
with him in his land doctrines and in his pub
lished attacks on the Catholic religion. This
could not for q moment permit, and so de-
clined to go. ] have no feeling in common
with George, but on the contrary, l think his
doctrines most dangerous"
There may be more trouble of similar
kind about the dinner 20 be given Michael
Davitt Jan. II. 1t is feared that many
prominent Irish Catholics may follow the
example Of Messrs. Kelly and Haverty, and
refuse to attend if Henry George is to b.
one OF the guests, Mr.. George said Yester-
day that he had paid for tickets for the BAN
quet, but had since made up his mind TO
write to the secretary of the committee that
if any one was likely to be absent on &C
count of his presence he would not attend.
Mr.. Davitt recently criticised Henry
Georges article in his new paper on the
case of DR.. McGlynn, and some mutual
friends fear that the pleasant relations of
Mr.. Davitt and Mr.. George may be rup-
tured thereby